Lycalopex

Lycalopex, commonly called the South American foxes or zorros, is a genus of canid native to South America; despite the name, its members are not true foxes but a distinct lineage more closely related to wolves and jackals, with some species resembling foxes through convergent evolution. The South American gray fox, Lycalopex griseus, is the most common and best known species, historically valued for its russet-fringed pelt. The genus fossil record extends back roughly 2 to 2.5 million years to the mid to late Pliocene, and its species were long placed in the genus Dusicyon before being reclassified into Lycalopex, via the synonym Pseudalopex, by Langguth in 1975.